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Exploring the experiences of community-based children’s nurses providing palliative care

01 April 2010

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Aim To explore the experiences of community children’s nurses (CCNs) and children’s palliative care nurses (CPCNs) who provide end-stage palliative care to children...

Provision of end of life care in the community

25 November 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Many people who are terminally ill would prefer to die at home. Integrated professional working is necessary to enable patients to remain in their homes for end of...

Implications for carers of terminally ill patients dying at home

18 September 2013

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Most terminally ill patients will express a wish to die at home. To achieve this, patients must rely on the support of family carers, who may experience emotional...

Open AccessAnticipatory prescribing for end of life care: a survey of community nurses in England

Primary Health Care

evidence & practice

Anticipatory prescribing is increasingly common in the UK, yet little is known about nurses' roles in the process. As part of a wider study, a postal survey of 575...

The role of the community nurse in integrated end of life care

27 March 2015

Primary Health Care

CPD

Although some people receive excellent care at the end of their lives, many do not. Services are not always well co-ordinated and communication between staff and...

End of life care: an educational pathway for community nurses

01 February 2014

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

This article reports on an innovative educational pathway for district and community nurses aimed at enhancing confidence and competence in dealing with end of life...

Legal and ethical issues in end of life care: implications for primary health care

29 May 2015

Primary Health Care

CPD

Increasing numbers of patients are achieving their wish to die in the familiar surroundings of their own homes, which means that providing high quality,...